Det. Barbala
What ho?
Season 1 · Episode 22
Born Again
Character-labelled dialogue prepared from the official DVD subtitle track.
Production code1X21Original airdate · April 29, 1994
299 dialogue entries
14TH PRECINCT HOUSE, BUFFALO, NEW YORK
Det. Lazard
What ho.
Det. Barbala
Hey, lazard, why do the night guys get a piece like you and we're stuck with eel breath?
Det. Lazard
It's fate, detective... Conspiring to keep us apart. All right, I'm out of here. See ya. You all right? You lost? I got her in the holding room, but she won't say a word.
Det. Barbala
You're asking me because you know how good I am with kids.
Det. Lazard
Yeah, a regular mr. Greenjeans. Hi. This is detective barbala. He's going to help you find your parents.
Det. Barbala
Hiya, sweetheart. What's your name?
Michelle Generoo
Michelle.
Det. Lazard
Everything's going to be all right, okay? Don't be scared now.
Det. Barbala
Michelle what? You said your first name is michelle. Now, what's your last name?
Michelle Generoo
Bishop.
Det. Barbala
Bishop. Michelle bishop. And where do you live, michelle? Here in buffalo?
Various In Precinct House
What was that? Did you hear that?
(clamoring)
Man From Street Below
Somebody call an ambulance!
Scene 02
Fox Mulder
How did you hear about us?
Det. Lazard
My brother. My brother's a cop in Baltimore. He told me about your work on the tooms case. He said you got a good feel for things out of the ordinary. Look, the truth is, barbala never won any popularity contests here at the 1-4 but he's still a cop, you know. I guess that's why I can't just let this rest.
Dana Scully
You said there was one witness-- a little girl. What did she say happened?
Det. Lazard
She said there was another man in the room.
Dana Scully
It stands to reason that-- I was right outside.
Det. Lazard
There was nobody else there except barbala and the kid.
Fox Mulder
So you didn't get a description of who the kid saw.
Det. Lazard
I'm telling you, there was no one else. Listen, the department's treating this as a suicide but I got to tell you, I knew this guy. There's no way he did himself.
Dana Scully
Was he depressed or under psychiatric care of any kind?
Det. Lazard
No. The only time he ever looked at himself was in the mirror and he always liked what he saw.
Fox Mulder
Plus jumpers tend to open the window before they jump. Where's the kid?
Det. Lazard
She was released an hour ago. Her mother picked her up.
Dana Scully
You don't really think the girl had anything to do with it.
Det. Lazard
Eight years on the force I've seen a lot of strange things but I'm telling you, this kid... Something's just not right about her.
Fox Mulder
Long hair or short hair?
Michelle Generoo
Short.
Fox Mulder
Like that? Was his hair dark like mine or lighter like yours?
Michelle Generoo
Like mine.
Linhart
What about a beard or a moustache?
Michelle Generoo
Moustache.
(whispers)
Linhart
Like this? Or this? Whoa, what happened? Weird. I didn't even hit a key. Must be a glitch in the new software.
Fox Mulder
Michelle, was his moustache like that?
Dana Scully
Do you have any idea how your daughter might have gotten there? Buffalo's half an hour away by train and the station is a five-minute car ride.
Mrs. Bishop
When I came home mrs. Dougherty was locked in the wine cellar. I called the police immediately.
Dana Scully
And mrs. Dougherty is..?
Mrs. Bishop
Michelle's nanny. Her latest, that is. She's gone through four this year, and it's only april.
Dana Scully
What seems to be the problem?
Mrs. Bishop
Michelle is the problem.
Dana Scully
How do you mean?
Mrs. Bishop
As hard as it is for a mother to admit michelle is a disturbed child. Oh, I know this sounds terrible to say but the truth is that sometimes she frightens me.
Dana Scully
Frightens you how?
Mrs. Bishop
She's not like other girls, agent Scully.
Dana Scully
Tell me.
Mrs. Bishop
She just isn't. She doesn't have any friends. She hardly ever smiles. It breaks my heart, but I can't comfort her. She says she sees things that I can't see. She hears people yelling in her head. Last summer we had to cover our pool. Jim was trying to teach her how to swim but every time that michelle would get close to the water she would just start to scream. Scream like you've never heard in all your life.
Dana Scully
Your husband, where is he now?
Mrs. Bishop
We're divorced.
Fox Mulder
Mrs. Bishop? Mm-hmm. This is the man michelle said she saw at the police station. Do you recognize him?
Mrs. Bishop
No, I'm sorry.
Fox Mulder
She also mentioned a friend. Someone named sheila. Do you know who that is? That would be dr. Braun.
Mrs. Bishop
She's the developmental psychologist at brylin hospital. Michelle sees her twice a week.
Fox Mulder
Look at that. Looks like a hawk or a falcon.
Dana Scully
It's beautiful.
Mrs. Bishop
It's called origami. Japanese paper folding.
Fox Mulder
Where did she learn how to do that?
Mrs. Bishop
I have no idea.
Fox Mulder
So, harry, you'll put that face into the system?
Linhart
As we speak. Can you give Scully a ride back to the city?
Dana Scully
We have a autopsy at 7:00.
Fox Mulder
I'm going to brylin hospital. See if I can have a little chat with michelle's shrink. Oh, and check for burns or lesions on barbala's body.
Dana Scully
Why?
Fox Mulder
Psychokinesis is usually associated with an electrical charge.
Dana Scully
Are you saying michelle possesses the ability to psychically project her own will?
Fox Mulder
How else could a 60-pound kid throw a 200-pound detective out the window?
BRYLIN PSYCHIATRIC HOSPITAL,
Dr. Braun
No, I don't recognize him. I have no idea who he is.
Fox Mulder
Could michelle have fabricated him?
Dr. Braun
Quite possibly. As with many dissociative disorders the intensity of the patient's emotions is often too much for one personality to process. So, in defense part of the personality splits itself off.
Fox Mulder
As in schizophrenia?
Dr. Braun
I'm afraid michelle's diagnosis is not quite that simple. My primary challenge has been to discover the source of her extreme rage. In most cases it's a traumatic event in the patient's past.
Fox Mulder
And in michelle's case?
Dr. Braun
Occasionally, I would leave michelle alone for part of our sessions... With this doll. Each time a new doll anatomically intact. And each time she dismembers and disfigures it in exactly the same way. At first I thought she was being abused but after a number of sessions with her parents I became convinced there was something else behind michelle's anxiety. Something much deeper. Much more elusive.
Fox Mulder
Any theories?
Dr. Braun
Frankly, no. I'm at a loss.
Fox Mulder
Have you tried deep-regression hypnosis?
Dr. Braun
I've found hypnosis an unreliable approach, at best.
Fox Mulder
Okay. How have you been treating michelle?
Dr. Braun
Well, the thorazine has been quite effective in regulating her more bizarre behavior.
Fox Mulder
I'm sure. Have you observed any unexplained phenomena in michelle's presence?
Dr. Braun
"unexplained phenomena"?
Fox Mulder
Inordinate physical strength, psychic ability, telekinesis.
Dr. Braun
You're joking, of course. I have a patient waiting, agent Mulder. If you'll excuse me.
Dana Scully
11 hours and 45 minutes after subject was pronounced. Note: raised lesion approximately seven centimeters below sternum. Deep necrosis inconsistent with cause of death as pronounced by dr. Gilder and suggests localized electrocution... But a further tissue analysis will be necessary.
Det. Lazard
Excuse me. Could I talk to you for a second?
Dana Scully
I just started the autopsy.
Det. Lazard
Yeah. Um... I don't think he's going anywhere.
Dana Scully
Will you, uh... Take a couple for scale, please? Thank you. I'll be right back.
Det. Lazard
So, what do you think?
Dana Scully
Looks like a match.
Det. Lazard
Yeah. Name's officer charlie morris. Used to work narcotics out of the 2-7.
Dana Scully
Do you know him?
Det. Lazard
No. Before my time.
Dana Scully
Where is he now? Has he been transferred?
Det. Lazard
You could say that. Agent Scully, this guy's been dead for nine years. Which means that little girl saw a ghost. This way, please.
14TH PRECINCT HOUSE, BUFFALO, NEW YORK
Dana Scully
He was killed in chinatown, gangland style allegedly by the triads although no arrests were ever made. If you're going to tell me you think michelle bishop saw a poltergeist...
Fox Mulder
You found a lesion on barbala's body. You said it could have been caused by an intense concentration of electrothermal energy.
Dana Scully
"could have been" being the operative phrase. I won't know for sure until the lab results are in.
Fox Mulder
Why is it still so hard for you to believe when all evidence suggests extraordinary phenomena?
Dana Scully
Because sometimes...
Fox Mulder
What?
Dana Scully
Looking for extreme possibilities makes you blind to the probable explanation right in front of you. This is the face that michelle bishop saw. She walked right by here and she saw the face of charlie morris which means there weren't any ghosts flying around the precinct.
Fox Mulder
Do you have the police report describing morris' death?
Dana Scully
Yeah. I have what's been declassified. Why?
Fox Mulder
Does it describe how he was murdered?
Dana Scully
Yes, I told you. It was a signature hit.
Fox Mulder
Give me the grisly details.
Dana Scully
His arm was severed just below the shoulder presumably by a chain saw and his right eye was gouged out.
Fox Mulder
This is what michelle did to a dozen dolls in her shrink's office. Hell of a coincidence, wouldn't you say? Before we discount anything, we should find out more about charlie morris. I got the address of his partner on the force. Hopefully, he can tell us something.
FIORE RESIDENCE, KENMORE, NEW YORK
Fox Mulder
Detective fiore? We're with the FBI can we talk to you for a minute? Do you know this man?
Det. Fiore
You mind if we do this out here? I don't want to wake my wife.
Dana Scully
This won't take long.
Det. Fiore
Sure I know him. That's charlie. Charlie morris.
Fox Mulder
You two were partners?
Det. Fiore
We rode together his first nine months out of the academy.
Fox Mulder
What can you tell us about the circumstances surrounding his death?
Det. Fiore
That matter is still under investigation and so I can't comment on it.
Dana Scully
We're under the direct authority of captain gershom at the 14th precinct.
Det. Fiore
14th precinct? I never worked out of the 1-4. What's all this about?
Fox Mulder
We believe that the death of detective barbala can be linked to the death of officer morris.
Det. Fiore
Linked how? I thought barbala flipped his wig and jumped out a window.
Dana Scully
Did you know him?
Det. Fiore
By reputation. What's all this got to do with charlie?
Fox Mulder
That's what we need your help with. The police report said morris was killed off duty.
Det. Fiore
Right. Best we can figure, it was some kind of payback.
Fox Mulder
For what?
Det. Fiore
The organized crime division was doing a major sweep in chinatown.
Fox Mulder
The triads?
Det. Fiore
Heavy busts went down against the woo shing woo. A lot of smack never made it to the street. You can bet there were some pissed-off people playing mah-jongg that week.
Fox Mulder
So you think morris was killed as a warning to back off?
Det. Fiore
I think they picked a cop-- any cop-- and they whacked him.
Mrs. Fiore
Who is it, tony?
Det. Fiore
It's nothing to worry about, honey. Just some people from the FBI asking about a case I'm working.
Dana Scully
Sir, would you mind..?
Det. Fiore
Hey, it's the weekend. You guys mind? Get me at the squad
Dana Scully
First thing monday morning, okay? Sure.
Det. Fiore
Good luck.
Fox Mulder
Is it me, or did we just get the brushoff?
Dana Scully
Did you notice her hands? What? He said she was sleeping but her hands were dusted with baking flour.
BUFFALO MUTUAL LIFE, MAIN OFFICE,
Felder
It's not a big deal, all right. Don't jerk yourself around. You're acting like a little bug.
Det. Fiore
They were FBI
Felder
So what?
Det. Fiore
They start sniffing around too much they're going to turn something up.
Felder
Relax. They're just people like us going through the motions.
Det. Fiore
Then how are they connecting charlie to barbala?
Felder
And what do they know? Huh? Nothing.
Det. Fiore
Come on. We're going to citibank right now.
Felder
For what?
Det. Fiore
The safety box.
Felder
What should we do, tony? Huh? Make a donation to the little sisters for the poor?
Det. Fiore
Dump it somewhere.
Felder
Tony, there's only two of us left now. That's over a million each.
Det. Fiore
Take it all. I don't care! Do your dream on the beach in costa rica, or wherever the hell it is you want to do it.
Felder
You think I like this? Huh? Selling disability insurance to morons? "well, sir, uh... "excuse me, but what if you should break your neck on the shore, or lose your leg in a car crash?" you listen to me, tony. We agreed to wait ten years and that is exactly what we're going to do.
Det. Fiore
I listened to you once before, and look what happened.
Felder
Wanted to see charlie wind up like that. We were just trying to scare a little sense into him. It was an accident. End of story. And you better pull yourself together, tony.
Old Woman
Excuse me, sir...
Felder
Hey, what..? Hey! Hey, open the door! Hey! Hey! Open the door! Hey! Open the door! Hey! Open the door! Open the door! Open the door! Hey! Open the door! Hey! Hey! Hey! Hey! Open the door! Hey! For god's sake! Help me!
(screaming)
Scene 07
Fox Mulder
A patrol unit picked her up a few blocks away from the bus stop.
Mrs. Bishop
What's going on?
Dana Scully
We don't know. All we know is that your daughter has witnessed two deaths in the past two days.
Mrs. Bishop
She's only eight years old. She couldn't possibly have done anything.
Fox Mulder
Mrs. Bishop, no one is accusing michelle of anything.
Mrs. Bishop
She's just a little girl.
Dana Scully
Is there anything that you have not told us? Is there anything at all that you can think of that might shed some light on what happened tonight?
Mrs. Bishop
No.
(sighs)
Dana Scully
Well, this police station has a designated room at the sheraton. An officer will take you and michelle over there.
Mrs. Bishop
Why is this happening to us? Why?
Dana Scully
Can I talk to you for a minute?
Fox Mulder
I'm sorry. Excuse me.
Det. Lazard
Listen to this. You know that guy that bought it tonight-- leon felder? Before he started peddling life insurance he was a cop out of the 1-4. Guess who his partner used to be? Rudy barbala.
Dana Scully
Four cops.
Fox Mulder
Three of whom are now dead.
Dana Scully
Their only connection being a drug bust in chinatown almost nine years ago.
Fox Mulder
And a little girl from orchard park. Morris, fiore, barbala, and felder. What's wrong with this picture?
Dana Scully
Well, for one thing fiore said he only knew barbala by reputation.
Fox Mulder
Right. So why would he say that?
Dana Scully
I don't know.
Mrs. Fiore
Hmm...
Fox Mulder
What?
Dana Scully
There's a page gone from morris' homicide file. Wonder where it could be.
Fox Mulder
Is there a log sheet?
Dana Scully
Should be. Yeah. "tony fiore..." checked out this afternoon. Mrs. Fiore, we're sorry for the early hour but is your husband home?
Mrs. Fiore
No, he's not. He never came home last night.
Fox Mulder
May we come in?
FBI REGIONAL HEADQUARTERS, BUFFALO, NEW YORK
Linhart
Hey, Scully.
Fox Mulder
Look familiar?
Mrs. Fiore
He said he was working a double shift. But when I called the precinct he wasn't scheduled. It's just not like him not to call.
Dana Scully
Does your husband have any family or close friends in the area that he might go to if he were in trouble?
Mrs. Fiore
I've been on the phone all night. Is he in any trouble?
Dana Scully
Mrs. Fiore, did your husband ever mention a detective by the name of rudy barbala or an ex-police officer named leon felder?
Mrs. Fiore
I don't think so.
Fox Mulder
Someone you might have had dinner with once... A friend of tony's from work a name you can't remember-- anything?
Mrs. Fiore
We don't normally socialize with other cops.
Fox Mulder
Mrs. Fiore, I couldn't help noticing your origami collection. Did you do these yourself?
Mrs. Fiore
Oh, no, not me. No, that was charlie's hobby.
Fox Mulder
Charlie?
Mrs. Fiore
My first husband. He was born in japan. His father was stationed there.
Dana Scully
Not charlie morris, tony's ex-partner?
Mrs. Fiore
Yeah. I was waiting for him to come home too nine years ago, just like this. He was working on a whole set, you know, from the painting. The only animal he never got to was the giraffe. See, right there behind the zebra?
Fox Mulder
Ght years old. That means she was conceived at roughly the same time that officer morris was killed.
Dana Scully
Do me a favor, Mulder. Let me say it-- reincarnation.
Fox Mulder
Metempsychosis, transmigration reembodiment-- call it what you will.
Dana Scully
All based on the coincidence that michelle bishop and officer morris both practice the obscure art of paper folding?
Fox Mulder
What about the composite drawing and the dolls, and the fact that michelle was witness to two deaths that can be tied to charlie morris?
Dana Scully
So what, you think he's back, like peter proud to avenge his murder?
Fox Mulder
It's not so farfetched, Scully. Reincarnation is a basic tenet of many major religions.
Dana Scully
That still doesn't explain how an eight-year-old girl can kill two grown men.
Fox Mulder
Well, individuals with strong past-life memories often exhibit enhanced psychic abilities-- e.s.p., telekinesis...
Dana Scully
So where does that leave us?
Fox Mulder
One short step away from proving the preexistence of the human soul.
Doctor
On the count of five
Dr. Spitz
Tell me where you are now. One, two, three, four, five. Do you know where you are?
Fox Mulder
Yes. Where?
Dr. Spitz
Tell me where you are.
Michelle Generoo
At home.
Dr. Spitz
What time of day is it?
Michelle Generoo
Nighttime.
Dr. Spitz
And how old are you?
Michelle Generoo
Twenty-four. No! We can't! We can't do this! It's wrong!
Dr. Spitz
What's wrong? What can't you do? It's all right. You can trust me.
Michelle Generoo
No! I can't. I can't.
Dr. Spitz
You can trust me.
Michelle Generoo
I can't! I can't!
Dr. Braun
This is dangerous and irresponsible.
Fox Mulder
Dr. Spitz has conducted hundreds of these sessions...
Dr. Braun
If this continues, you could push michelle deeper into withdrawal.
Fox Mulder
Is it any more dangerous than pumping her full of thorazine?
Michelle Generoo
They're killing me! They're killing me!
Mrs. Bishop
That's enough.
Fox Mulder
Please, mrs. Bishop.
Michelle Generoo
No! No! No!
Fox Mulder
It's okay. It's okay.
Mrs. Bishop
It's over. It's over. It's over.
Dana Scully
They just left.
Fox Mulder
We almost had it, Scully. We were right there.
Dana Scully
I know.
Fox Mulder
We'll have to try it again.
Dana Scully
Mrs. Bishop won't go for that. Not in this lifetime anyway.
Fox Mulder
Well, we have to change her mind.
Dana Scully
How? And to what end? I mean, what exactly do you hope to discover by all this?
Fox Mulder
The truth. What really happened to charlie morris.
Dana Scully
We'll find the truth when we find fiore.
Fox Mulder
If we find fiore, and if he's still alive. Scully, you saw what happened in there.
Dana Scully
What I saw was some traumatized little girl who, for no apparent reason has some connection to charlie morris.
Fox Mulder
All evidence suggests that michelle bishop is charlie morris. Short of her growing a moustache how much more apparent does it have to become for you to accept it?
Dana Scully
Okay. Let's just say that, by some small miracle you manage to convince michelle's mother and the next hypno-regression provides you with everything you could possibly hope for. No grand jury is going to listen to that kind of testimony. We still will not have an actionable case.
Fox Mulder
The inconclusive results of michelle's past-life regression do not shake my basic belief in hypnosis as a tool for psychological healing. Whether or not it offers us definitive proof of previous lifetimes is another matter. However, in this particular case all other explanations seem to be even more wanting.
Dr. Spitz
How old are you?
On Video
Twenty-four. No! We can't! We can't do this! It's wrong! What's wrong? What can't you do?
(rewinding tape)
On Video
And how old are you? Twenty-four. No! We can't...
(rewinding)
On Video
Twenty-four.
Mrs. Fiore
No, no, I... I-I want to be here in case he shows up. Yeah, thanks again. I'll, uh... I'll call you the minute I hear anything. Okay, yeah. Okay. Bye-bye.
(knock at door)
Mrs. Fiore
Tony! Tony? Tony?
Linhart
I checked the windup profiles. They're up to speed.
Dana Scully
Which means?
Linhart
Whatever this image is, it was recorded in that room with the girl.
Dana Scully
How is that possible?
Fox Mulder
There was a documented case in the early '70s of a man from porlock, ohio who could influence undeveloped film. He could create shapes on the negative from his mind.
Linhart
I don't know how much of this noise I can clean up. It depends on the strength of the latent image.
(door opens)
Det. Lazard
I tracked him down. He's retired in palm beach. You were right, agent Scully. He backed up all his records on disk.
Dana Scully
Pathologists are paranoid by nature.
Det. Lazard
Well, he faxed me the missing page from the autopsy report.
Dana Scully
Great.
Fox Mulder
Well, apparently
Dana Scully
Charlie morris did not die as a result of his wounds. It says here there's a frothing of fluid in the respiratory tract. That indicates death by drowning.
Fox Mulder
He was drowned and then mutilated to make it look like a signature execution?
Det. Lazard
Dr. Yamaguchi said that there were no signs of submersion such as goose skin or wrinkled flesh except for around the face and head.
Dana Scully
That's right. Suggesting that he was killed in either a bathtub or a toilet.
Fox Mulder
Except-- except for what?
Dana Scully
The marked bradycardia. It indicates a raised plasma sodium level. He was killed in sea water.
Det. Fiore
Anita!
Mrs. Fiore
Tony! Tony, what's going on? Where have you been? Listen, I know something's going on.
Det. Fiore
I need you to listen to me right now. Go upstairs and pack a bag.
Mrs. Fiore
Why? What kind of trouble are you in?
Det. Fiore
I think someone's trying to kill me. Who? I don't know.
Mrs. Fiore
Why would anybody want to kill you? Tell me what's going on.
Det. Fiore
Will you please just do what I'm asking you?! Please. I'm your husband, and I love you and I need you to trust me on this, okay?
Linhart
Almost there. What I've done is to map the frequencies of the interference. Coefficients for sine on this monitor cosine on that one. Now, using an algorithm program I can remove the frequencies... Like this. Presto. What the hell?
Dana Scully
Mulder, what is it?
Fox Mulder
You said salt water, right?
Dana Scully
Right. So?
Fox Mulder
Charlie morris was drowned in his own tropical fish tank, and that's the last thing he saw before he died. We better hope michelle bishop is at home tucked in bed.
Mrs. Fiore
Tony... Somebody left this on our doorstep tonight. Do you know who? Answer me, tony!
Det. Fiore
You stay here and keep the door closed.
Anita
Tony, are you all right?
Mrs. Fiore
Tony, answer me.
(crashing noise)
Mrs. Fiore
Tony. Tony, please. Who's there? What's happening?
(crashing continues)
Dana Scully
Mulder!
Det. Fiore
They said they were just going to talk to you. Talk some sense into you. What was I supposed to do, huh? All you had to do was take the money, man! Why didn't you just take the money?!
(screaming)
Mrs. Fiore
What's going on, tony?
Fox Mulder
Go check upstairs. Michelle! This won't make right what happened.
Mrs. Fiore
I can't get out. Who's there? I can't get out. Tony?! Tony! Tony...
Det. Fiore
I'm sorry. I knew what they did to charlie. I was a part of it, and I never said anything. I couldn't.
Fox Mulder
Oh, no.
Det. Fiore
I just wanted to take care of you. Who else would have taken care of you?
Mrs. Fiore
Please... Please don't hurt him anymore.
Fox Mulder
Closing entry, file #x-40271. Detective anthony fiore pleaded guilty yesterday in federal court to charges of first-degree murder after the fact grand larceny, and obstruction of justice. The deaths of detective rudy barbala and former police officer leon felder are being ruled as accidental although their complicity in the murder of officer charlie morris has been definitively established. No charges were brought against michelle bishop who, today, took her first swimming lesson. She claims no memory of the preceding events and both her mother and dr. Braun have denied my request for a second past-life regression. End of field journal, april 19, 1994. Agents of record: Fox Mulder and Dana Scully. Status: unexplained.
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